"The facts will speak for themselves," Juliann Ashcraft said. "We'll do what we have to
do. It will just take a little longer than we hoped."

Last month, the Prescott Public Safety Retirement Board granted benefits to the Ashcraft family, after an independent board ruled in the family's favor.

The city council has maintained that Andrew Ashcraft, a Granite Mountain Hotshot, was a seasonal employee, not full time, making him ineligible for full benefits. Eleven other Hotshots were also considered part-time employees.